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Election of Council.



THE SOCIETY’S MEDAL



The Society’s Medal has been awarded (September Number, pp. 366

and 377) to Mr. Leslie Seth-Smith, for having bred the Rain Quail, Cotnrnix

■coromandelica.


An account of an egg of a Rain Quail belonging to Miss Appleton

having previously been hatched under, and the young Quail reared by, a

Bantam is now published. The Members of the Executive Committee are

unanimous in their opinion that the Society’s Medal should not be awarded

for a bird bred under such conditions ; and it goes to Mr. Leslie Seth-Smith.

accordingly.


The Society’s Medal has been awarded to Mr. St. Quintin, for having

bred and fully reared three young of the Ruff and Reeve, Pavoncellapugnax

(October Number, p. 400).


It is with extreme regret that the Executive find themselves barred

from awarding a Medal to the same gentleman for having bred two examples

of the Demoiselle Crane, Anthropoides virgo (October Number, pp. 390 and

40S). It has been pointed out that in a curious old work in the Zoological

Society’s Library entitled Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, zuith their

descriptions , from the Metiagery of Osterly Park in the County of Middlesex,

by “ W. Hayes and family,” and dated 1794, the Demoiselle Crane is figured

in colours, and it is stated in the text (page 4) that “ The subject of this

plate, with several others, were hatched and reared in the Osterly Menagery.”

Nevertheless Mr. St. Quintin has the credit for being the only person of the

present generation who has succeeded in breeding and fully rearing this

interesting species.



ELECTION OF COUNCIL, 1903.



RESULT OF THE VOTING.



SUCCESSFUL.


A ’timber

of votes

recorded.



Mr. J. L. Bonhote .. .. 88


Mr. E. G. B. Meade-Waldo.. 85


Miss R. Alderson .. .. 82


Mr. F. Finn .. .. ..73


Mr. O. E. Cresswell .. .. 68


Mr. A. Gill .64



Captain .Shelley

Rev. F. L. Blathwayt

Dr. W. G. Creswell ..

Mr. R. Humphrys

Rev. C. D. Farrar

Mr. W. T. Page



Mr. W. H. Workman

Mr. T. H. Newman ..

Mr. J. Sergeant

Mr. P. W. P'armborougli



UNSUCCESSFUL.



39


36


34


32



Mr. H. Scherren

Mr. B. C. Thomasset

Mrs. Anningson



Total number of voting papers received, 98.

(One voting paper unsigned—spoilt.)


Total number of votes recorded, 961.



Number

of votes

recorded.



. . 40


.. 46

.. 45

• • 43


.. 41



•• 3i


.. 30


.. 17



H. W. Mathias, Scrutineer, 16/10/03.



